USMNT Abroad Weekend Preview, Gio Reyna landing spots come into focus, Author Nikki Mark joins the show

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

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Soccer, News, Sports, Sports News

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Alexi Lalas and David Mosse preview a JAM-PACKED weekend of soccer ahead. In Liga MX, Cade Cowell and Brandon Vazquez look for their first starts. Across the pond, Gio Reyna is linked to Nottingham Forest, Marseille, and Sevilla. Where would you like to see him land? (5:41) Alexi is then joined by author Nikki Mark, who just released her book, Tommy's Field: Love, Loss, and the Goal of a Lifetime, about the tragic loss of her son and the use of soccer as a way to heel and grow. Tommy, a former academy player for LAFC and the LA Galaxy, suddenly passed at the young age of 12. The duo spoke about his story, the legacy they have built through soccer fields, and the problems in the youth system in America. (37:07) In #AskAlexi, Mosse and Alexi answer questions on the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final location, dream club to buy, and Jesus Ferreira and FC Dallas topping Messi and Inter Miami in MLS preseason. (51:31) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I don't think that Nottingham Forest offers Giorana necessarily better soccer, okay?
0:08.9	But it may force him to step up and to put on his big boy pants and to get down to work. Hello Sunshine, I'm Alexi Lollis and welcome to the State of the Union
0:36.0	podcast where we look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the
0:38.6	lens of red white and blue-colored glasses. This show will be talking the
0:42.1	Mexican market, Geo on the move, Bob Ross, the power of soccer,
0:47.1	messy Miami in 2024, team valuations, the 2026 World Cup final and so much more.
0:54.0	But first joining me as always my friend, my colleague, my guiding light.
0:58.0	David Mossier soccer savant and a fox soccer researcher and writer,
1:01.0	Extraordinary!
1:02.0	Mossy, how you doing on this Wednesday, January 24 in the year of 2024.
1:08.0	Bob Ross?
1:09.0	Yeah.
1:10.0	Don't worry, we'll get there.
1:12.0	Is that your, what are we watching submission?
1:13.6	Very possible, little tease there.
1:15.6	How are you doing, bud?
1:17.1	I'm doing well.
1:17.7	I'll tell you what I'll be watching later today.
1:19.8	Okay.
1:20.8	A movie called The Zone of Interest, which was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture.
1:28.0	And once I watched that film, I will have seen 8 of the 10 that were nominated.
1:32.0	Did you see the nominations?
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